Firefighters contain blaze in KJ modular classroom

MONROE — Firefighters doused a school fire Friday night before it could spread to nearby classrooms, a fire official said.

Monroe firefighters learned of the fire at 11 Mountain Road shortly before 11 p.m. It began in a trailer used as a classroom and set in the midst of four or five other such modular classrooms.

Firefighters from Monroe, Woodbury and South Blooming Grove arrived to find flames rising from the roof. Monroe Chief Vini Tankasali said they knocked it down in about 30 minutes, containing it to the ceiling and roof. The other modulars suffered smoke and heat damage.

Firefighters are still investigating but think the fire started accidentally. The school serves Kiryas Joel. The classroom was empty when the fire started, Tankasali said. No one was hurt.